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# prey — English to Ukrainian

How English *prey* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [prey in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prey/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: prey (48). By style: everyday 4 · biblical 44.

## здобич

Used about 20 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 19). Forms: здобич, здобичу, здобичі.

- The man is the hunter, and the woman is his **prey**.
  Чоловік - мисливець, а жінка - його **здобич**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and fagott · checked, community translation · [\#7927527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7927527) [\#3007195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3007195))

- Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a **prey** to their teeth.
  Благословен Господь, що не дав нас зубам їх на **здобич**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 124:6)

- They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing **prey** and roaring.
  Роззявили ротища свої, як лев рикаючий, що **здобич** шматує.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 22:13)

- I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the **prey** out of his teeth.
  Злюцї торощив я челюстї і виривав із зубів у його **здобичу**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 29:17)

- They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the **prey**.
  Мчаться, мов човни легкі, мов орел, що кидаєсь на **здобич**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 9:26)

## лев

Used about 6 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 6). Forms: лев, левчук.

- The old lion perishes for lack of **prey**. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
  Могутний **лев** гине без добичі, й щенята левицї розбігаються.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 4:11)

- He is like a lion that is greedy of his **prey**, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  Вони, як **лев** той, що добичі шукає, і як левчук, що в закутку притаївся.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 17:12)

- Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no **prey**? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
  Чи рикати ме **лев** у гаю, не почувши ловитви? Чи з свого лїгва левчук озоветься, покіль не піймає?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · AMO 3:4)

- The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled **prey** for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with **prey**.
  Де **лев**, що грабив, щоб засичувати свої левенята, — душив про свої левицї, той, що повно було в берлозї в його лупу, в леговищах його здобичі повно?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NAH 2:12)

- Judah is a lion’s cub. From the **prey**, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
  Юда левчук голодний; ситим будеш, синку, і хижацтвом пійдеш в гору; левом опочинеш: Мов той **лев** заляжеш спати, страшен, як левиця; хто зосьмілиться збудити, сон його стрівожить?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 49:9)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Predators always **prey** on unsuspecting victims.
  Хижаки завжди полюють на нічого не підозрюючих жертв.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ulyssemc1 and Teashrock · checked, community translation · [\#686985](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/686985) [\#8580373](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8580373))

- Spiders **prey** on flies and other small insects.
  Павуки полюють на мух та інших дрібних комах.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#277319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277319) [\#500575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/500575))

- One day I wrote her name upon the strand, but came the waves and washed it away: again I wrote it with a second hand, but came the tide, and made my pains his **prey**.
  Було, її імʼя я на піску писав, та подих хвиль його змивав: і знов писав я іншою рукою, робив приплив мій біль вмить здобиччю своєю.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Did\_Panas and Did\_Panas · checked, community translation · [\#10590618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10590618) [\#10590634](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10590634))

## Grammar

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